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SENATE
BILL 6089
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AS AMENDED BY
THE HOUSE
Passed Legislature -
1996 Regular Session
State of Washington 54th
Legislature 1996 Regular Session
By
Read first time 01/08/96.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources.
Changing
criteria for eligibility for firearms range account funding.
AN ACT Relating to
eligibility for firearms range account funding; and amending RCW 77.12.720.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 77.12.720 and 1994
sp.s. c 7 s 443 are each amended to read as follows:
The firearms range
account is hereby created in the state general fund. Moneys in the account
shall be subject to legislative appropriation and shall be used for purchase
and development of land, construction or improvement of range facilities,
including fixed structure construction or remodeling, equipment purchase,
safety or environmental improvements, noise abatement, and liability protection
for public and nonprofit firearm range training and practice facilities.
Grant funds shall not
be used for expendable shooting supplies, or normal operating expenses. In
making grants, the interagency committee for outdoor recreation shall give
priority to projects for noise abatement or safety improvement. Grant
funds shall not supplant funds for other organization programs.
The funds will be
available to nonprofit shooting organizations, school districts, and state,
county, or local governments on a match basis. All entities receiving matching
funds must be open on a regular basis and usable by law enforcement personnel
or the general public who possess Washington concealed pistol licenses or
Washington hunting licenses or who are enrolled in a firearm safety class.
Applicants for a grant
from the firearms range account shall provide matching funds in either cash or
in-kind contributions. The match must represent one dollar in value for each
one dollar of the grant except that in the case of a grant for noise
abatement or safety improvements the match must represent one dollar in value
for each two dollars of the grant. In-kind contributions include but are
not limited to labor, materials, and new property. Existing assets and
existing development may not apply to the match.
Applicants other than
school districts or local or state government must be registered as a nonprofit
or not-for-profit organization with the Washington secretary of state ((and
the United States internal revenue service)). The organization's articles
of incorporation must contain provisions for the organization's structure,
officers, legal address, and registered agent.
Organizations
requesting grants must provide the hours of range availability for public and
law enforcement use. The fee structure will be submitted with the grant
application.
Any nonprofit
organization or agency accepting a grant under this program will be required to
pay back the entire grant amount to the firearms range account if the use of
the range facility is discontinued less than ten years after the grant is
accepted.
Entities receiving
grants must make the facilities for which grant funding is received open for
hunter safety education classes and firearm safety classes on a regular basis
for no fee.
Government units or
school districts applying for grants must open their range facility on a
regular basis for hunter safety education classes and firearm safety classes.
The
interagency committee for outdoor recreation shall adopt rules to implement
chapter 195, Laws of 1990, pursuant to chapter 34.05 RCW.
Passed
the Senate March 2, 1996.
Passed
the House February 28, 1996.
Approved by the Governor March 15, 1996.
Filed in
Office of Secretary of State March 15, 1996.
